GAINS CLAIMED.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 195, 18 August 1936, Page 7

GAINS CLAIMED.

REPORTS CONFLICT.

Rebals Set Up Government in

Burgos,

MILITARY JUNTA. United Press Association. —Copyright. (Received 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, August 17. The Spanish Government considers that its own successes in the civil war outweigh those of the rebels. They landed three columns in Majorca, taking the insurgents by surprise. Palma, the capital, is expected to fall at any moment. Reports received in London, however, according to a later message, suggest that the attack on Majorca was not the success that the Government claims. Some 500 Government troops are reported to have been killed and 250 captured.

The Government also claims that it is consolidating its control of the northern coast along the Bay of Biscay and continuing its advance in the Granada and Cordova sectors. The rebel position in Segovia is reported to be desperate, while the Loyal forces arc said to be advancing everywhere on the Saragossa front.

It is announced that Loyalist forces have captured Gijon, on the north coast.

A message from Burgos states chat insurgents are speeding up transport of Moorish troops. It is estimated they are flying across the straits between 500 and 000 in fairly new Italian and German machines.

The military junta in Burgos over which General Cabanellas presides, is attempting to carry out all administrative functions of a government. It has created committees to control banking, commercial and industrial companies.

The rebel battleship Espana and the cruiser Velasco are shelling forts within a mile of Hendave, in which thousands of pounds of dynamite are stored. Meanwhile troops are closing in on San Sebastian and Irun. REBELS EXECUTED. GENERAL AND COLONEL DIE. (Received 11.30 a.m.) MADRID, August 17. The Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence on the rebel leaders, General Fanjul and Colonel Quintana, for inciting soldiers to rebel 011 July 19. They were subsequently executed.

Before the execution in a model prison at dawn, General Fanjul was married to an unknown lady by a priest who administered Communion.

BRITAIN'S INACTION.

LABOUR LEADER'S PROTEST,

(Received 2 p.m.) LONDON", August 17.

The veteran Labour Loader, Mr. George Lansbury, M.P., in a letter to "The Times," urges that Parliament should meet and protest in the name of the whole British people against the invasion of a friendly nation by armies of aliens paid and equipped from outside. He adds: "The silence of the Government's national leaders on the question is appalling."

He appeals to "The Times" to join in leading a great campaign to evoke a declaration that Britons are prepared to launch a movement demanding a truce in Spain in order to make the people's wishes known.

FRENCH MINISTER. SUPPORT POR LOYALISTS. LONDON, August 17. The Paris correspondent of the "Daily Mail" states that M. Solengro, Minister of the Interior, speaking at Lille, said he hoped the Spanish Loyalists would win. He added: "I am measuring my words. I wish the legal Government of our sister nation to triumph as speedily as possible. The day will come when our Red brothers in Germany and Austria will regain their liberty."

French authorities seized a motor lorry which was proceeding from Madrid across French territory to Hendaye. It contained 40 cases of cartridges. Three men in charge of the lorry were arrested. BEHIND THE LINES. REBELLION REPORTED. LONDON, August 17. The Gibraltar correspondent of the "Daily Herald" says General Franco's forces now are facing rebellion behind their lines. Loyalists revolted at Castella, Southern Spain, against the militarists and seized the town for the Government. A similar situation has arisen at Ronda.